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Clustering has come of age. Today's Windows NT clustering technology can improve the availability and scalability of NT systems while meeting increasing market demand for a variety of solutions. This month, Windows NT Magazine explores NT clustering's future and present, with a prediction of the direction NT clustering will follow into tomorrow and beyond. Eight case studies highlight real-world NT clustering implementation, and we provide a review of storage and storage management solutions for NT clusters.


Commodity Cluster Requirements

By Jim Gray, 06/01/1998

A summary of the main requirements for a commodity cluster.

There's Always Tomorrow

By Brian Gallagher, 06/01/1998

The Lab's ongoing review of Alpha NT systems winds down with a look at two workstations-and a consideration of the Alpha's future.

The Lab's Test Environment

By Brian Gallagher, 06/01/1998

Learn about the Windows NT Magazine lab testing environment and the included hardware and software.

Windows NT Security, Part 2

By Mark Russinovich, 06/01/1998

Take an in-depth look at the processes and policies in NT's security system, and get a preview of NT 5.0's security enhancements.

Using Exchange Server with SMTP and POP3

By Spyros Sakellariadis, 06/01/1998

Go behind the scenes to see how Exchange Server uses SMTP and POP3 to deliver and read email across the Internet.

Windows NT User Accounts

By Michael D. Reilly, 06/01/1998

Explore user account configuration, and learn how the domain accounts database interacts with the local accounts database.

Using Performance Monitor to Monitor SQL Server

By Kalen Delaney, 06/01/1998

Performance Monitor can help you prevent SQL Server's database transaction logs from overflowing.

NT Rollout Options

By Mark Russinovich, 06/01/1998

Misconceptions abound concerning NT rollouts. Here's straight information about what happens during various rollout procedures and what your NT mass installation choices are.

OpalisRendezVous 1.5

By Jim Cole, 06/01/1998

OpalisRendezVous 1.5 is a powerful, feature-packed tool to let you automate data transfer and replication.

Load Balancing Web Servers

By Jonathan Cragle, 06/01/1998

Here's a look at how well load-balancing products distribute Web site traffic.

Speculation About Compaq

By Mark Smith, 06/01/1998

With the acquisition of Tandem, Compaq secured the company's NonStop SQL technology, giving Compaq a unique opportunity to influence the future of the NT market for database and ...

NT News Analysis

By Craig Barth, 06/01/1998

This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.

The Next Generation IP in Action

By Tao Zhou, 06/01/1998

You've heard that IPv6 will solve the IP address-exhaustion problem. Now, learn what this new generation IP address is and how it works.

Services for NetWare 4.0

By Zubair Alexander, 06/01/1998

At first, Microsoft and Novell intentionally made their products incompatible. Fortunately, they've changed this practice and are now creating useful integration tools, such as ...

Tweaking Windows NT

By Kathy Ivens, 06/01/1998

Solve this month's Windows NT problem and get the change to win $100 or a copy of one of the author's books about NT. Prior month's winner is announced at bottom of page.

Optimizing Dynamic Web Content for IIS

By Mark Eddins, 06/01/1998

Adjust your Web content to optimize the performance of your IIS server.

Ask Dr. Bob Your NT Questions

By Bob Chronister, 06/01/1998

Find out how to install the right port for TCP/IP printing, limit users to log on to a machine without seeing anything on screen, and make an ERD during unattended installation.

Creating Forums with Newsgroups

By Ken Spencer, 06/01/1998

Microsoft's NNTP Service lets you use IIS as a news server so that you can set up newsgroups that users can access through a local intranet or the Internet.

Questions, Answers, and Tips About SQL Server

By Karen Watterson, 06/01/1998

Pick up some tips about SQL Server security, datetime and dates, RAID controllers, data warehousing resources, replication with RAS, database comparison utilities, FoxPro imports, ...

NuTCRACKER X/SDK

By Michael P. Deignan, 06/01/1998

NuTCRACKER brings UNIX functionality to Windows NT.

The Future of NT Clustering

By Mark Smith, 06/01/1998

Scalability is key to making NT a dream solution for the enterprise, and clustering solutions improve NT's scalability. Here's a look at where NT clustering is today-and where it ...

Microsoft Management Console

By Darren Mar-Elia, 06/01/1998

Use MMC's custom tools capability to share management functions on an NT 5.0 network.

MSCS Update

By Richard Lee, 06/01/1998

MSCS handles storage and storage management for NT clusters.

NT 4.9

By Mark Minasi, 06/01/1998

Rather than release an unfinished NT 5.0, Microsoft could create an interim NT.

NF9008XP

By Brian Gallagher, 06/01/1998

NetFRAME's NF9008XP high-end server promises high availability.

The Manacle of Oracle

By John Enck, 06/01/1998

Zen and the art of benchmark tests: The Lab Guys tackle Oracle's no-benchmarking policy.

What's New in the IPv6 Header?

By Tao Zhou, 06/01/1998

In addition to expanding the IPv4 32-bit address space to a 128-bit address space, IPv6 makes the IP header more efficient.

Reader to Reader - June 1998

By Readers, 06/01/1998

Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).

Managing Public Folder Replication

By Tony Redmond, 06/01/1998

Public folders have many uses, but you must manage them carefully to prevent replication traffic from overloading your network.

DHCPCMD

By Mark Minasi, 06/01/1998

Dump your DHCP database into an ASCII file.

Tuning NT Printing

By Sean Daily, 06/01/1998

Examine a few configuration options you can manipulate to improve local and network printing peformance.

Bob's XLNT Adventure

By Bob Wells, 06/01/1998

XLNT's command syntax and scripting language look and feel like Digital Command Language.

eRoom 1.02

By John Enck, 06/01/1998

A Web-based solution for collaborative computing.

Site Server 2.0

By Paula Sharick, 06/01/1998

See what's in Microsoft Site Server 2.0, a suite of tools for creating and managing Web sites.

NT Clustering Solutions Are Here

By Mark Smith, 06/01/1998

Eight real-world case studies prove that NT clustering solutions are ready for prime time.

Where to Find Cloning Software and SID Changers

By Mark Russinovich, 06/01/1998

We'll show you where to look to purchase cloning software for Windows NT and SID changers.

Kane Security Monitor 3.03

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 06/01/1998

Kane Security Monitor 3.03 helps you monitor for unwanted activity.


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